Right now, on a desk in an unfinished basement of Eric Bouchard’s Ottawa home, sits a phone with 512MB of RAM and a 1-GHz processor. No, it’s not a Samsung Galaxy Pocket 2 from 2014. It’s a prototype for The Basic Phone, Bouchard’s entrance into the nascent “dumbphone” market. He thinks he can make it…
While the pace of investment has adjusted this year, the underlying demand for Canadian cleantech innovations remains strong. “Ten years from now, people will get over the AI bubble and start wanting assets that produce cash flow.” Recent data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association showed that in the first three quarters…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Our Best of 2025 Lifestyle edition is all about the big impact of small shifts. These stories capture what it looks like to live more intentionally, from the habits we build to the way we connect with others and the world. Think of it as a guide to joyful,…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Our Best of 2025 Lifestyle edition is all about the big impact of small shifts. These stories capture what it looks like to live more intentionally, from the habits we build to the way we connect with others and the world. Think of it as a guide to joyful,…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Our Best of 2025 Lifestyle edition is all about the big impact of small shifts. These stories capture what it looks like to live more intentionally, from the habits we build to the way we connect with others and the world. Think of it as a guide to joyful,…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Our Best of 2025 Lifestyle edition is all about the big impact of small shifts. These stories capture what it looks like to live more intentionally, from the habits we build to the way we connect with others and the world. Think of it as a guide to joyful,…
THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Our Best of 2025 Lifestyle edition is all about the big impact of small shifts. These stories capture what it looks like to live more intentionally, from the habits we build to the way we connect with others and the world. Think of it as a guide to joyful, purposeful…
Shopify has been ordered by a federal court to preserve records in the latest update to a legal spat with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) over access to its merchant data. Shopify argues the CRA’s request doesn’t meet legal criteria, according to the court order. The tax agency’s request for six years of Canadian merchant…
In 2025, depending on who you ask, artificial intelligence either became the tech industry’s most prized asset or its weakest link. AI is now core infrastructure at large and small companies, while government regulators, energy providers, and some non-technical industries have struggled to catch up. Making predictions can be a fool’s errand; in October 2022,…
McRock Capital, the Toronto-based venture capital firm, announced today it has surpassed $120 million CAD ($88 million USD) in total commitments in the final close of its third industrial tech-focused fund. McRock co-founder and managing partner Scott MacDonald told BetaKit in an exclusive interview that he is pleased McRock has closed a third fund of…
